Hamburg
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| capital: | Hamburg |
| area: | 755 km² (292 sq mi) |
| population: - (as of November 2006) |
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| Pop density: | 2323.6 per km² |
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| Ruling party: | CDU |
| First Mayor: | Ole von Beust |
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Hamburg or in full Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (German: Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg), is a city in the north of Germany on the banks of the River Elbe, 180 km away from the North Sea.
With a population of about 1.73 million (1730000) it is the biggest German city after Berlin and the sixth largest city of the European Union. The religion is about 37 % Protestant, 10 % Catholic, 8 % Muslim, 38 % agnostic, 2% Pagan.
The area of Hamburg is 755.16 km² (291.6 sq mi).
Since it was an important member of the Hanseatic League, the city's official name still includes Hansestadt (Hanseatic city). Other German cities that do the same today are: Lübeck, Rostock, Wismar, Stralsund, Bremen, Greifswald and Demmin. The membership in this trade alliance has influenced the architecture of the city to a great extent. It has also left some marks in the region around the city.
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Hamburg's harbour is, by shipments, the second largest harbour in Europe and among the ten largest in the world. It is a very important gate to the countries along the Baltic Sea and Eastern Europe.
The company Airbus has an assembly plant for large civil aircrafts in Hamburg. 30,000 people are employed in Hamburg's aircraft industries. There are only two other locations world-wide in this scale, Seattle in the United States and Toulouse in France.
About half of Germany's nation-wide newspapers and magazines are made in Hamburg. Germany's most-viewed television news Tagesschau is broadcast from Hamburg.
[change] Sister cities
Russia, Saint Petersburg, since 1957
France, Marseille, since 1958
China, Shanghai, since 1986
Germany, 
Saxony, Dresden, since 1987
Nicaragua, León, since 1989
Japan, Ōsaka, since 1989
Czech Republic, Prague, since 1990
USA, 
Illinois, Chicago, since 1994
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| City States | Berlin · Bremen · Hamburg | |
| Former states | Baden · Württemberg-Baden · Württemberg-Hohenzollern | |
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Lübeck*† · Hamburg† · Kiel · Lüneburg · Rostock · Stade · Stettin · Stralsund · Wismar |
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